March/April Archives - 三昇体育 /2017/marapr2017 Get the latest oil drilling news with 三昇体育 Sun, 17 Feb 2019 19:25:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 202015461 People, Companies & Products /people-companies-products-45-41712 /people-companies-products-45-41712#respond Fri, 10 Mar 2017 20:47:03 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=41712 Nabors, Weatherford agree to form alliance to deliver integrated drilling solutions in US lower 48 states Nabors Industries and Weatherford International have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) to form an alliance focused on delivering enhanced drilling solutions to the oil and gas land market in the US lower 48 states. The MOU states …

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]]> /people-companies-products-45-41712/feed 0 41712 HSE&T Corner: Involving employees in JSA development, making corrective actions visible increase buy-in to incident prevention programs /hset-corner-involving-employees-in-jsa-development-making-corrective-actions-visible-increase-buy-in-to-incident-prevention-programs-41918 /hset-corner-involving-employees-in-jsa-development-making-corrective-actions-visible-increase-buy-in-to-incident-prevention-programs-41918#respond Fri, 10 Mar 2017 20:47:03 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=41918 While the first and most important objective of an incident prevention program is to ensure employees get home safely, a strong program does more than protect people from harm. 鈥淭hey have the benefits of increased productivity, reduced costs and lower employee turnover,鈥 Phil Mol茅, EHS Expert for Velocity EHS, said on 7 February at the 2017 IADC HSE&T Conference in Houston. 鈥淵ou improve employee morale and job satisfaction overall because you create the kind of environment employees like to be in.鈥

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]]> /hset-corner-involving-employees-in-jsa-development-making-corrective-actions-visible-increase-buy-in-to-incident-prevention-programs-41918/feed 0 41918 Wirelines /wirelines-55-41923 /wirelines-55-41923#respond Fri, 10 Mar 2017 20:47:03 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=41923 On 3 February, the US House of Representatives voted in favor of H.J.Res. 38, which is a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify 鈥淲aste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties and Resource Conservation,鈥 a rule from the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The rule regulated methane emissions via venting and flaring limitations on public and Indian lands.

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]]> /wirelines-55-41923/feed 0 41923 Influx management envelope deployed during planning phase for 3 sections of deepwater MPD well /influx-management-envelope-deployed-during-planning-phase-for-3-sections-of-deepwater-mpd-well-41793 /influx-management-envelope-deployed-during-planning-phase-for-3-sections-of-deepwater-mpd-well-41793#respond Fri, 10 Mar 2017 20:47:03 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=41793 The MPD Operations Matrix was introduced in 2007 to serve as an operational guide for drilling MPD sections. The intent of the matrix is to balance operational, well and equipment limitations with 鈥渁cceptable鈥 influx volumes. The operations matrix has become the cornerstone of MPD projects worldwide and is a mandatory component of planned MPD wells in the US Gulf of Mexico...

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]]> /influx-management-envelope-deployed-during-planning-phase-for-3-sections-of-deepwater-mpd-well-41793/feed 0 41793 News Cuttings /news-cuttings-53-41927 /news-cuttings-53-41927#respond Fri, 10 Mar 2017 20:47:03 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=41927 In affiliation with the new IADC Texas A&M Univerity Student Chapter, petroleum engineering students from the school participated in WellSharp training and testing in late February, administered by Smith Mason & Co. A total of 55 students completed and passed the introductory well control course.

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]]> /news-cuttings-53-41927/feed 0 41927 Evolution of intelligent coiled-tubing technologies drives need for better sensors, data interpretation tools to aid real-time decision-making /evolution-of-intelligent-coiled-tubing-technologies-drives-need-for-better-sensors-data-interpretation-tools-to-aid-real-time-decision-making-41795 /evolution-of-intelligent-coiled-tubing-technologies-drives-need-for-better-sensors-data-interpretation-tools-to-aid-real-time-decision-making-41795#respond Fri, 10 Mar 2017 20:47:03 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=41795 Coiled-tubing interventions, like everything else in the upstream sector, have taken a hit since oil prices tumbled in 2014. In fact, the coiled-tubing industry declined by 41% from 2014 to 2015 and by an additional 39% from 2015 to year-end 2016, according to data from Spears and Associates...

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]]> /evolution-of-intelligent-coiled-tubing-technologies-drives-need-for-better-sensors-data-interpretation-tools-to-aid-real-time-decision-making-41795/feed 0 41795 IADC partners with Texas A&M to launch 1st student chapter /iadc-partners-with-texas-am-to-launch-1st-student-chapter-41931 /iadc-partners-with-texas-am-to-launch-1st-student-chapter-41931#respond Fri, 10 Mar 2017 20:47:03 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=41931 IADC鈥檚 first-ever student chapter, at Texas A&M University, received its certificate of organization at a luncheon held by the association鈥檚 Houston Chapter on 31 January. 鈥淗aving an organization like IADC at the student level allows students to understand what kind of career opportunities are out there and where they might fit in the professional oil and gas industry,鈥 Andy Hendricks, 2017 IADC Chairman and President/CEO of Patterson-UTI Energy, said at the luncheon.

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]]> /iadc-partners-with-texas-am-to-launch-1st-student-chapter-41931/feed 0 41931 Transocean develops hybrid power plant to improve dynamic load compensation, continue drawworks operation through power disruptions /transocean-develops-hybrid-power-plant-to-improve-dynamic-load-compensation-continue-drawworks-operation-through-power-disruptions-41797 /transocean-develops-hybrid-power-plant-to-improve-dynamic-load-compensation-continue-drawworks-operation-through-power-disruptions-41797#respond Fri, 10 Mar 2017 20:47:03 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=41797 In every industrial power application, energy must be supplied to the process in a manner that does not limit performance. The energy supply must be capable of meeting the dynamic demands of the industrial process requirement...

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]]> /transocean-develops-hybrid-power-plant-to-improve-dynamic-load-compensation-continue-drawworks-operation-through-power-disruptions-41797/feed 0 41797 UT Austin-based drilling automation consortium builds data visualization templates, develops data-driven top drive monitoring techniques /ut-austin-based-drilling-automation-consortium-builds-data-visualization-templates-develops-data-driven-top-drive-monitoring-techniques-41800 /ut-austin-based-drilling-automation-consortium-builds-data-visualization-templates-develops-data-driven-top-drive-monitoring-techniques-41800#respond Fri, 10 Mar 2017 20:47:03 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=41800 Although automated drilling has been a popular discussion topic among drilling engineers for much of the past decade, practical solutions have been slow to emerge. Since its launch in May 2015, the University of Texas-based Rig Automation and Performance Improvement in Drilling (RAPID) consortium has worked to speed the pace of automated drilling innovations by delivering pragmatic and immediately applicable solutions to some of the drilling industry鈥檚 most pressing issues...

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]]> /ut-austin-based-drilling-automation-consortium-builds-data-visualization-templates-develops-data-driven-top-drive-monitoring-techniques-41800/feed 0 41800 New drill stem rotary shoulder connection incorporates innovative single start shark thread shape /new-drill-stem-rotary-shoulder-connection-incorporates-innovative-single-start-shark-thread-shape-41802 /new-drill-stem-rotary-shoulder-connection-incorporates-innovative-single-start-shark-thread-shape-41802#respond Fri, 10 Mar 2017 20:47:03 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=41802 For the past century, the oil and gas industry has been pushing the limits of the existing drilling envelope to reach deeper, more remote hydrocarbon reservoirs. The evolution of drilling programs has driven drill string manufacturers to engineer new drill pipe solutions to safely develop the most challenging horizontal and extended-reach drilling (ERD) well profiles.

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